Environment

The Ministry of Environment has released the results of a marine-spill preparedness study, the province announced October 10.

The idea that “green jobs” can save the environment while aiding the economy is nothing but a fantasy, according to an October 9 report from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.

The provincial government announced October 3 it is funding a $650,000 environmental study of the potential impacts large-scale industrial developments would have on the Kitimat airshed if the proposed projects were built.

Canada needs a new approach to assessing links between economic performance and environmental quality, according to an October 2 TD Economics report.

Onerous reporting requirements, vague targets and timeline criticized

Unknown contract costs, environmental impact raise company red flags

The pressure is off for many B.C. municipalities reluctant to sign a new recycling contract many had complained was one-sided and unrealistic.

The City of Vancouver has said it will opt in to a controversial new recycling program – but only if it can renegotiate a contract that so far has not been up for discussion, council stated today (September 13).

An exhibition of sustainable Swiss architecture at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, opening today (September 12) and running through September 20, aims to teach locals how to build in a way that causes little burden to the environment.

Local recyclers and composters gear up for food-scraps business boom as 9.3-hectare composting facility installed in Richmond